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Direct linkThomas Polk – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2024
The ability to effectively communicate, particularly in writing, ranks among the most highly valued competencies employers seek in new hires. Despite this, recent graduates commonly experience challenges when adapting to workplace writing practices. This article explores how undergraduate research experiences prepare students to write beyond the…
Descriptors: Writing Skills, Competence, Skill Development, Undergraduate Students
Sophia Vicente; Mayra Artiles; Holly Matusovich; Cheryl Carrico – Education & Training, 2024
Purpose: We used a complementary mixed methods approach, grounded in situated expectancy-value theory, to explore the relationship between completing an internship and engineering undergraduate students' preparedness and expectancy of success in obtaining their preferred first position after graduation. We disseminated a survey to institutions in…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Engineering Education, Internship Programs, Student Attitudes
Charles W. Gunnels IV; Jaclyn Chastain; Shawn Brunelle; Anna Carlin; Thomas M. Cimarusti; Mary Crone-Romanovski; Richard W. Coughlin; Carolyn Culbertson; Jason Elek; April Felton; Shawn Felton; Debra A. Giambo; Katie Johnson; Shawn Keller; Dawn Kirby; Santiago Luaces; Derek Lura; Peter Reuter; Tunde Szecsi; Rachel Tait-Ripperdan; Scott Vanselow; Judy Wynekoop; Hulya Julie Yazici; Melodie H. Eichbauer – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2024
Although higher education aims to provide holistic learning and career preparation, there is growing skepticism about its value, with segments of the public scrutinizing concerns about tuition, student loan debt, and job prospects. Between 2015 and 2020, Florida Gulf Coast University implemented a quality enhancement plan (FGCUScholars) that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Career Readiness, Student Attitudes
Transitions from Preclinical to Clinical Training among Rural Scholars at the University of Missouri
Meghan R. Meyers – ProQuest LLC, 2024
To address the physician shortage in rural Missouri, the University of Missouri School of Medicine established the Rural Scholars Program with the goal of exposing medical students to rural medicine, encouraging them to return to rural areas for practice. The Rural Scholars Program also supports students academically, as stress, anxiety, and…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Rural Areas, Clinical Experience
Tyler Steffy – ProQuest LLC, 2023
With the needs of the workforce continuously changing, community colleges need to be able to adapt quickly in providing students with the skills they need to be successful in the workforce (Baird & Parayitam, 2019; Beckem & Watkins, 2012). Many employers claim that a common problem among college graduates is that they are not consistently…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Career Readiness, Student Leadership, Conferences (Gatherings)
Patrick D. McDermott – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This qualitative research study addressed a notable gap in existing literature by examining the perceptions and relationship between experiential learning and college and career readiness within the homeschooling context. Purposeful sampling was used to recruit 13 homeschooled students from northwestern Florida. To gather data, indepth,…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Experiential Learning, College Readiness, Career Readiness
Kim R. Lackey – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to investigate the perspectives virtual high school graduates have about their self-regulation and college and career readiness by using an online survey and semi-structured interview. Of the 28 eligible participants who attended one virtual high school in the Midwest for at least two years and graduated…
Descriptors: Virtual Schools, High Schools, High School Graduates, Self Management
Latoya M. Scott – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The roles and responsibilities of colleges and universities vary globally but a common objective remains to prepare students for life after graduation. Institutions of higher education emphasize career readiness within their students' chosen fields of study. Digital literacy has become an important part of this employability in a time defined by…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Career Readiness, Employment Potential, Student Attitudes
Orr, Poppy; Forsyth, Loch; Caballero, Catherine; Rosenberg, Caroline; Walker, Arlene – Higher Education Research and Development, 2023
Hiring new graduates is a cost-effective method of recruiting high-potential talent into organizations. Despite recent focus on graduate employability in the Australian higher education (HE) sector, a discrepancy remains between employer expectations of graduate work readiness (WR), and graduate perceptions of preparedness to commence professional…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Foreign Countries, College Students, College Graduates
Michal Balberg; Hen Friman; Heftsi Ragones; Ifaa Baner; Revital Shechter; Gila Kurtz – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2025
Contribution: This study demonstrates the effectiveness of a dedicated soft skills (SSs) course in an electrical engineering (EE) undergraduate program, showing improvements in students' appreciation and satisfaction of expressing most of these skills. Background: SSs, encompassing interpersonal and social competencies, are important for career…
Descriptors: Soft Skills, Engineering Education, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
Mary Kate Eckhardt – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This research seeks to define and understand the experience of adult learners in the Experiential Learning (EXL) Program at MTSU. It looks at how this EXL program prepares these students for the workforce. This has made the role of EXL programs imperative to help deal with the issue of graduates having the proper competency levels for employment.…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Education, Experiential Learning, Work Experience Programs
Ashebir Tekle; Solomon Areaya; Getachew Habtamu – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2025
Purpose: This research aims to explore stakeholder perspectives on Ethiopia's occupational competency assessment and certification systems. Design/methodology/approach: The study utilized a mixed-methods strategy within a concurrent embedded design and adopted a pragmatic perspective. Data collection involved questionnaires, interviews, and focus…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career and Technical Education, Certification, Competency Based Education
Kristal Lee; John McInerney – Interactive Learning Environments, 2024
Simulation has an ever-increasing role in health professions' education, however there is limited evidence on the transferability of learning to practice. In this study, a pragmatic approach using a convergent mixed methods design explored the use of a virtual high-fidelity Computed Tomography (CT) simulator in preparing students for clinical…
Descriptors: Simulation, Radiology, Transfer of Training, Foreign Countries
Hongmei Zhang; Chad Marchong; Yanju Li – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
Traditional exam reviews are passive and face many challenges to prepare students for exams. In this study, we proposed the Tab-Meta Key model, which emphasizes five major factors (time, accountability, big picture, key concepts, and metacognition) and is supported by prior literature. We also designed an exam review based on this model. This exam…
Descriptors: Tests, Review (Reexamination), Study Skills, Time
Ranjit I George; Bino Paul – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2024
There is an ever-increasing demand for Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to engage with the challenges of the changing labour market contexts and trends, such as the Fifth Industrial Revolution and the new normal. However, a major criticism is that higher education institutions do not often prepare graduates for real-life contexts. For that…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Industrialization, Labor Market, Higher Education
